Dire

Famous quotes containing the word dire:

“What dire offence from am’rous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
I sing—”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

“Speak, then, my Beauty, to this dire putrescence,
To the worm that shall kiss your proud estate,
That I have kept the divine form and the essence
Of my festered loves inviolate!”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

“Was none who would be foremost
To lead such dire attack;
But those behind cried “Forward!”
And those before cried “Back!””
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)